Hatsukoi (Utada Hikaru album)

Album Cover

Artist

Utada Hikaru

Album

Hatsukoi (初恋; First Love)

Released

2018.06.27

2018.11.07 (Vinyl)

Catalog Number

ESCL-5076 (CD)

ESJL 3094-5 (Vinyl)

Price

¥3,240 (CD)

¥5,000 (Vinyl)

Tracklist

1. Play A Love Song
2. Anata (あなた; You)
3. Hatsukoi (初恋; First Love)
4. Chikai (誓い; Vow)
5. Forevermore
6. Too Proud featuring Jevon
7. Good Night
8. Pakuchii no Uta (パクチーの唄; Cilantro Song)
9. Nokoriga (残り香; Lingering Scent)
10. Oozora de Dakishimete (大空で抱きしめて; Embrace Me in the Sky)
11. Yuunagi (夕凪; Evening Calm)
12. Shittosarerubeki Jinsei (嫉妬されるべき人生; A Life to be Envied)

Information

Hatsukoi is the seventh Japanese studio album released by Utada Hikaru, and her first album with Sony Music's sub-label Epic Records Japan. The album's title is a reference to her 1999 best selling debut album First Love, written in Japanese. It was released in two physical editions: a regular CD and a limited edition Double Vinyl LP. First press editions of the album include a serial number code to be redeemed for a lottery to Utada's Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018, her first nationwide tour in over 12 years since UTADA UNITED 2006. The song "Chikai" serves as the ending theme song to the video game Kingdom Hearts III. Two album cuts were later announced as tie-ups to then-upcoming films; the track "Good Night" was used as the main theme to the animation film Penguin Highway, and "Shittosarerubeki Jinsei" was used as the main theme to the film "Parallel World Love Story".

Commercial performance

Utada Hikaru promoting the album

The album debuted at #1 on the Oricon Weekly chart for both physical and digital sales. It currently has the highest first week digital sales for a solo artist since the Digital chart began in November 2016. The album sold 367,720 physical copies in 2018, making it the #5 album of the year. The digital version also became the #3 Digital Album of 2018, with a total of 86,455 downloads. The song also reached #1 on iTunes Japan. The album is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for physical sales over 250,000 units.

In the US, the album reached #77 in Billboard's Album Sales. Internationally, Hatsukoi peaked at #1 on iTunes in seven countries and charted within the top 10 in 27 countries, notably #2 in Brazil and Spain, #4 in the United States, and #5 in Canada and Australia, for a total of 34 countries. The album reached #3 on the US Billboard World chart for two consecutive weeks. It also peaked at #49 on France's download chart, and #2 on the World Albums chart.

Oricon Physical Album

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	203,787
1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	53,120
1	1	6	1	2	2	1	3	27,997
2	11	5	5	4	4	2	6	20,233
3	20	5	7	5	2	2	8	10,856
5	14	9	5	6	6	4	9	7,993
4	15	5	4	6	4	3	7	6,613
2	7	5	8	8	5	5	7	6,315
8	30	13	17	13	10	11	18	3,874
10	29	19	23	20	18	16	23	2,853
10	37	32	25	26	14	15	30	2,057
15	35	24	24	24	15	19	26	1,858
12	46	31	38	26	19	21	35	1,973
14	-	-	45	39	36	21	39	1,722
28	-	31	48	42	23	17	37	1,699
20	-	22	36	31	40	45	35	1,527
26	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	917
41	-	-	-	-	-	-	91	827
44	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	765
39	6	15	7	27	25	14	10	7,050
19	-	43	45	49	-	49	56	1,121
42	-	-	-	-	-	-	85	815
41	-	-	-	-	-	42	83	823
40	-	-	-	-	-	-	85	925
-	-	45	-	-	-	-	66	1,081
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	94	885
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	79	1,016
38	43	-	-	49	42	-	59	1,046
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	554
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	86	614
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	107	651
43	-	-	-	-	-	-	112	556
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	99	530
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	152	430
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	412

• Total Reported Sales: 375,505

Oricon Digital Album

Week Rank	Sales
1	38,185
1	12,691
1	6,375
2	7,788
1	3,464
1	2,197
2	2,428
4	1,944
6	1,229
15	964
9	719
10	685
5	1,221
8	758
12	749
12	619
14	485
17	419
17	477
12	852
18	511
27	441
22	574
19	680
18	657

• Total Reported Sales: 87,112
  

• Total Reported Downloads by RIAJ: 100,000
  

Billboard Japan Hot Albums

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10
Position	1	1	1	4	2	4	5	5	-	-

Billboard US World Albums

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Position	3	3	6	8	15	-

United World

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6
Position	2	6	-	-	-	-

External Links

• Oricon Profile: CD | Vinyl